Mini: With whisper drive into the convertible season 🎥
REAL TOP WITHOUT The electric Mini is now also available with a soft top. Open-top driving doesn't get much cooler than this - but it comes at a price. There will be 999 units in total, only 32 of which will come to Switzerland.
Cruising openly through the spring with a whisper-quiet drive - a purely electrically powered convertible sounds very tempting. In fact, however, there are hardly any such models. Fiat and Smart do offer the 500C and the Fortwo Cabrio, electric cars that can open the roof, but strictly speaking they don't deserve to be called convertibles because their tops are more like fabric sunroofs.
Range 201 kilometer
The reason why there are hardly any electric convertibles is the significantly poorer aerodynamics of this body style. More air resistance means less range in an electric car. Because the electric Mini is equipped with a comparatively small battery anyway and even the version with a steel roof only manages a standard range of 235 kilometers, the convertible is in an even worse position in this respect. Its WLTP average of a maximum of 201 kilometers, combined with the fact that it can only be charged at a maximum of 50 kW, doesn't exactly tempt you to go on a road trip.
A real fun machine
Be that as it may. The electric mini is cool and even cooler as a convertible, and it's certainly enough to cruise around town or take a trip to the swimming lake. The driving pleasure is immense: the open Cooper SE is a real fun machine that weaves its way around curves as if on rails and, with 135 kW (184 hp), pulls away quickly and abruptly and accelerates to 100 km/h in 8.2 seconds while the wind whistles through your hair - that's exactly what open-top driving is supposed to be like. It's possible that some people miss the sound of the gasoline engine. But cruising around with the top down without the engine noise is quite something.
Exclusive driving pleasure
The downside, apart from the modest range, is the high price. You have to pay at least 62,490 francs for the rather exclusive driving pleasure - a proud price for this tiny car. Nevertheless, the 33 units are likely to be sold out quickly. After all, the Mini Cooper SE Convertible will remain the only real electric convertible for a while yet.
